Wednesday’s Music Briefing: Lil Wayne, NIN & More
UPDATED
HYPEBOT FEATURES:
- Amazon lowers prices as eMusic raises them. ANALYSIS: eMusic’s new structure may not be good for indie labels. Get involved in the discussion and read a rebuttal from eMusic.
- A look inside the new EMI. It ain’t pretty.
- A new call for an FCC look at payola and localization from the Future Of Music Coalition
- Last.fm adds videos from Universal
My apologies for yesterday’s problems with the site. They are fixed now. Be sure to check out yesterday’s news items and features including A Look Inside The New EMI.
> Lil Wayne’s "Tha Carter II" becomes the first artist since 50 Cent way back in in 2005 to sell more than 1M albums in a single week according to Nielsen SoundScan. (Billboard)
> Nine Inch Nails may be offering The Slip as a free download on their web site, but its also being released as a CD to retail on July 22 via RED and August 5th on vinyl.
> Eliot from Wired’s Listening Post takes on cell phones at concerts (he likes them!) during a radio smack down. (Wired)
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